After stronger than expected recovery in 2022, this year could see international tourism arrivals return to pre-pandemic levels in Europe and the Middle East. Tourists are nonetheless expected to increasingly seek value for money and travel closer to home in response to the challenging economic climate. Based on UNWTO’s forward-looking scenarios for 2023, global international […]
Drum Festival organisers hold strategic meeting with Ogun State
Organisers of the annual Drum Festival in Canada headed by the convener and also publisher of The Drum Online Media Inc., Prince Segun Akanni, recently had a strategic meeting with the Ogun State Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Hon. Adijat Adeleye in Toronto, Canada to brainstorm on the involvement of Ogun State government towards the […]
NIHOTOURS boss wins Drum Festival award in Canada
The Drum Festival and Award scheduled for Toronto, Canada in July this year, has named the Director General of the National Institute of Hospitality and Tourism (NIHOTOUR), Alhaji Nura Sani Kangiwa (Turakin Kebbi) as the recipient of its Award of Excellence in Tourism and Hospitality. He will be presented with the award during the annual […]
I want to expand frontiers of Nigerian polo- Nura Kangiwa
*As he is elected NPF president The Director General of the National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism (NIHOTOUR), Alhaji Nura Sani Kangiwa has promised to expand the frontiers polo in Nigeria. Kangiwa said this in his acceptance speech after he was elected as President Nigeria Polo Federation (NPF) in Jos, on Saturday, December 31. […]
Carnival Calabar accident: Ayade visits accident scene
*Promises to settle victims’ hospital bills Cross River state governor, Professor Ben Ayade Wednesday morning visited the Navy Referral Hospital, Calabar to empathize with victims of the Bikers parade accident and pay their hospital bills. The Governor also visited Bogobiri, the scene of the accident, to commiserate with the Hausa/Fulani community led by Sarki Garba […]
Why Carnival Calabar will go on-Ayade
Governor of Cross River State Professor Ben Ayade has said the 2022 Carnival Calabar will go despite the gruesome accident that happened on Tuesday, December 27 during the Bikers’ Parade when a Toyota Camry car rammed into fun seekers leaving seven persons dead and about 29 persons wounded. The governor made this pronouncement this morning […]
Ayade visits Carnival Calabar accident victims
The Governor of Cross River State Governor, Professor Ben Ayade this morning visited victims of the yesterday’s accident during the Bikers’ Parade in Calabar. The Bikers’ Parade is part of the activities of the annual Carnival Calabar. Most of the accident victims were taken to the naval hospital and the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital […]
Seven die in Carnival Calabar: How auto carnage tainted Bogobiri
The last carnival of the current governor of Cross River State, Professor Ben Ayade has started on a sour note as an errant motorist sneaked into the bikers’ carnival procession and rammed in to funseekers who had trooped out in large number to witness the annual showpiece which had been suspended for two years due […]
FTAN President raises fresh posers over UNWTO conference in Nigeria
*Thanks private sector for boycott compliance The National President of the Federation of Tourism Association of Nigeria (FTAN), Mr Nkereuwem Onung has raised fresh posers over the recently held United Nations World Tourism Organization’s (UNWTO) Global Conference on Linking Tourism, Culture and Creative Industries. The conference was held in Lagos from November 14 to 17, […]
Ethiopian Airlines, Boeing deliver aid using new 7 37 MAX
Boeing and Ethiopian Airlines have again partnered to bring humanitarian aid to those in need – this time using the airline’s three recently delivered 737-8 airplanes to transport more than 12,000 pounds of supplies to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. “Ethiopian Airlines has a long history of collaborating with Boeing on humanitarian flights,” said Mesfin Tasew, Group […]